We pick a.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about mall.vc and learn that vc is delegated to six name servers (2), so we ask d0.cctld.afilias-nst.org where we learn that mall.vc is delegated to two name servers, including ns2.bodis.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer: